MariaDB 11.6 Changes & Improvements

MariaDB 11.6 is a rolling release.

Upgrading

• See and .

Notable Items

Vectors

• are a feature that allow MariaDB Server to perform as a relational vector database. In , only available in the .

• Vector Search was added to .

Character Sets

• The default has been changed from latin1 to utf8mb4 ()

Backup and Restore

• Added the --dir option to , allowing one to restore all tables from a backup directory created using ()

  • Added the related --database, --ignore-database, --table and --ignore-table options.

Syntax

• Single-table now support table aliases ()

Authentication

• ()

• Extend to support authentication_string ()

Replication

• New definition for Seconds_Behind_Master ()

  • Added three variables to

  • New

General

• Set thread names for MariaDB Server threads ()

Variables

• For a list of all new variables, see and .

Security Vulnerabilities Fixed in

For a complete list of security vulnerabilities (CVEs) fixed across all versions of MariaDB, see the page. Add listcve macro here - removed for performance reasons

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